But でも
But, a small word, but... There are other "buts" but demo is the most common. Learn this first and you can pick the others up later.
でも demo - but
日本語 が 好き でも フランス語 は きらい です。
nihongo ga suki demo furansugo wa kirai desu.
I like Japanese, but I hate French.
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o.o
because its japanese its not a language for you to want to change -.- be happy that ur learning this anyway.
just curious.. what do you
just curious.. what do you want to say?
i actually also like japanese but hate french. i had to learn french for 4 years and it was like hell (no offence to french people! .. its just the language i cant stand.. probabbly mostly because the grammer just never wanted to be saved in my mind LOL)
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why is it "wa kirai" and not "ga kirai" ?
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Because it's contrasting
Because it's contrasting フランス語 against 日本語. This might be more clear if we insert a hypothetical question in the middle:
Person 1: 日本語が好きです。 -- I like Japanese.
Person 2: フランス語は? -- What about French?
Person 1: フランス語は嫌いです。 -- I hate French.
Here, person 1's reply mimics the structure of person 2's question. (If you're not clear on why person 2 used は, just remember that "What about X?" is *always* "Xは？", never "Xが？")
In a real conversation, person 1's reply would likely omit the フランス語は since it's obvious. But, of course, if you leave out person 2's question, then it becomes necessary to state it.
- Kef
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